Senior Project Engineer/Design Manager- Coachella Valley/Inland Empire

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport and well help you go all the way.

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery and beyond.

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Who are we looking for

TheUS West Regionis looking for a motivatedSenior Project Engineer / Design Manager - Highways & Roadsto support GHDs established Highways and Roads practice throughout the California and the US West. We are seeking a proactive Transportation Project Engineer/ Design Manager with the skills to help take our practice to the next level in the delivery of highways interchanges local roads roundabouts trails / active transportation bridges and other enriching and vital improvements.

This position will work remotely from the Coachella Valley/Inland Empire but will be networked through our offices across the West Region with a focus on our offices in California.

Make decisions and recommendations recognized as authoritative and have important business impact on extensive engineering activities in planning designing and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities such as roads railroads airports bridges harbors channels dams irrigation projects pipelines power plants and water and sewage systems. Demonstrate creativity foresight and mature engineering judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented engineering problems determining program objectives and requirements performing feasibility studies organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guides for diverse engineering activities. Conceive develop and evaluate plans and criteria for broad areas of considerable novelty and importance that are regarded as major advances in the field. Solve a variety of unique and complex engineering problems. Assess feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering solutions. Act as an expert and authority in the company in a broad area of specialization.

• Needs Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs identifying potential causes barriers and key stakeholders as well as related issues.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organizations change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity innovation and collaboration across business units such as idea generation platforms jam sessions and hackathons.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example in terms of functionality performance aesthetics and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information draft engineering standards and specifications and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers contractors and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes create best practices set up case studies and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes products or business unit structure.
• Product and Solution Development: Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services and develop and amend as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues. May also be responsible for supervising activities performed by a product development or specialist team.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers.

• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering or related field Masters preferred

• 8 years of experience with solid technical knowledge and skills across the transportation & municipal engineering including a strong background in planning & design; construction experience a plus.
• Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California Required
• Strong foundation and understanding of PS&E package development across multiple software design platforms strong prior experience with both AutoCAD Civil 3D and Microstation desired.
• Knowledge of Caltrans and AASHTO guidelines and standards.
• Experience with local agency state and federally funded transportation projects including projects delivered in partnership with Caltrans through their oversight process.

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Salary Range: $138000-$207000 based on experience and location

As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race creed religion national origin citizenship color sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status.